My experiments with Picasa Web Albums have led me to conclude that trying to share pictures with friends while keeping them away from strangers does not work very well. Worse, my advice to "use your <back> button" was less than perfectly helpful.
So, they are again out in the main (public) directory of my Picasa Web Album, where they can be conveniently viewed by my friends _and by everyone else on Earth_.
Mark's Picasa Web Albums
Mark_
18 October 2010
18 October 2010
04 September 2010
Sharing Pictures = Frustrations
I have been experimenting with Google's combination of desktop picture-management software and online picture-sharing service, Picasa. It's quite nice in several ways.
The thing I like most about it is that it doesn't move anything around on the disk (unless told to do so intentionally and explicitly); it builds and maintains a database of all of the pictures on the drives it detects (JPEG and other common formats), supports some practical (and some slightly esoteric) editing features, can be used to move files into different locations on disk, can directly import picture files from cameras and cards, and so forth. It can upload selected pictures to a Google host online, where some management tasks can be carried out in a browser window.
That's where the difficulty lies.
Picasa online supports three levels of privacy: _all public_, _unlisted_, and _invitation-only_. Because I am interested in sharing only with my friends (but not in the additional layer of administration needed to maintain explicit invitations for each event/collection), I put my pictures into the _unlisted_ area and noted the URL (link address) that Google/Picasa indicated.
I checked that it worked, shared it to friends by e-mail, and felt pretty clever.
Immediately, some people replied that there was nothing there.
I don't know for certain why this problem occurs, but I am working on it.
Please accept my apology. My feeling clever is just about over.
--Mark_
04 September 2010
The thing I like most about it is that it doesn't move anything around on the disk (unless told to do so intentionally and explicitly); it builds and maintains a database of all of the pictures on the drives it detects (JPEG and other common formats), supports some practical (and some slightly esoteric) editing features, can be used to move files into different locations on disk, can directly import picture files from cameras and cards, and so forth. It can upload selected pictures to a Google host online, where some management tasks can be carried out in a browser window.
That's where the difficulty lies.
Picasa online supports three levels of privacy: _all public_, _unlisted_, and _invitation-only_. Because I am interested in sharing only with my friends (but not in the additional layer of administration needed to maintain explicit invitations for each event/collection), I put my pictures into the _unlisted_ area and noted the URL (link address) that Google/Picasa indicated.
I checked that it worked, shared it to friends by e-mail, and felt pretty clever.
Immediately, some people replied that there was nothing there.
I don't know for certain why this problem occurs, but I am working on it.
Please accept my apology. My feeling clever is just about over.
--Mark_
04 September 2010
19 August 2010
17 June 2010
_Kattywompus_' Final Resting Place
For a look at the reef that ate Linda & Brad's Kattywompus, have a look at this lat/long by pasting it into the search field of Google Earth:
34° 53' 0.79" S 173° 24' 54.84" E
Brad pointed it out to me this morning as we were looking around at stuff during breakfast.
Oh. That rock.
--Mark_
17 June 2010
09 June 2010
We are relieved!
We have seen Linda & Brad, and they really are okay. They are able to laugh about some of the little things among their recent _travails_, their insurance company (an _excellent_ insurance company!) has come through, and they have closed the deal on another boat: a Malo 38 that looks very nice. (The original advertisement link has gone dead; this generic informational link should help.)
<http://cruisingresources.com/Malo_38>
Friends will mind the boat in New Zealand while Linda & Brad remain here rather longer than they had originally intended, picking up work to refill their cruising treasury.
They are fine--eager for more, in fact--and we are relieved.
--Mark_
09 June 2010
(19 August 2010)
<http://cruisingresources.com/Malo_38>
Friends will mind the boat in New Zealand while Linda & Brad remain here rather longer than they had originally intended, picking up work to refill their cruising treasury.
They are fine--eager for more, in fact--and we are relieved.
--Mark_
09 June 2010
(19 August 2010)
22 May 2010
Linda & Brad are home.
A few days ago I received an e-mail message from Linda: They are staying with her mother, have replaced Brad's PC laptop, and will drive up here Wednesday of next week.
They'll stay with us Wednesday night, and will be back in the area for Mike & Kit's get-together.
They'll tell their story, and perhaps we'll get details about a new boat. And we'll be happy to see them.
They'll stay with us Wednesday night, and will be back in the area for Mike & Kit's get-together.
They'll tell their story, and perhaps we'll get details about a new boat. And we'll be happy to see them.
16 April 2010
Linda has most of her pictures back.
Linda is again in possession of her external hard drive, which contains the bulk of her pictures. It was protected in a rigid, sealed, Pelican case < http://www.pelican.com/ >, and is apparently fine.
They have found Brad's PC laptop, but,
When I looked at the PC last night I had to laugh. Pretty much of the bottom is ripped off. All the little doodads that run the thing look like ---- from the battering on the rocks and salt water.
I have advised her to tear out the hard drive (for recovery later, just in case), and to not bring the battery indoors (because they can do dangerous things when in abnormal states).
Her own computer, a Macintosh PowerBook laptop, was also in a Pelican case, but it has yet to be found. I worry that it may have floated away from the bulk of the debris--probably not on the surface, but maybe not on the bottom either, partially buoyed by the air & foam inside the case. I have sent an inquiry on the point to the manufacturer.
She is quite relieved about having found most of her pictures (a camera and card are still missing); I told her that we are eager to hear about any happy circumstances that come about.
--Mark_
14:56 16 April 2010
They have found Brad's PC laptop, but,
When I looked at the PC last night I had to laugh. Pretty much of the bottom is ripped off. All the little doodads that run the thing look like ---- from the battering on the rocks and salt water.
I have advised her to tear out the hard drive (for recovery later, just in case), and to not bring the battery indoors (because they can do dangerous things when in abnormal states).
Her own computer, a Macintosh PowerBook laptop, was also in a Pelican case, but it has yet to be found. I worry that it may have floated away from the bulk of the debris--probably not on the surface, but maybe not on the bottom either, partially buoyed by the air & foam inside the case. I have sent an inquiry on the point to the manufacturer.
She is quite relieved about having found most of her pictures (a camera and card are still missing); I told her that we are eager to hear about any happy circumstances that come about.
--Mark_
14:56 16 April 2010
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